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I think that you should still take saltfish's advice and get some hard drive coolers. Even though your case temps aren't bad, I remember reading anecdotal evidence that the reason that the old ibm "deathstars" (which I own, but haven't had any problems with) were failing was that they ran hotter then most of the other drives available, but the people who had hd coolers never had one die on them.
Also, have you ever touched the hard drive after they've been running for a while? I have and you really can burn yourself on them (something like 120 F when the drive is doing work).
It is also possible that maybe the ide cable is going bad? just a thought.
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